Yehuda (Hudi) Benayahu

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1. Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya 

Space partitioning by stony corals, soft corals and benthic algae on the coral reefs of the northern Gulf of Eilat (Red Sea) 

Helgol. wiss. Meeresunt., Vol. 30, 1977 (pp. 362-382)

 

2. Y. Kashman, M. Bodner, Y. Loya, Y. Benayahu 

Cembrolids from marine origin (Red Sea), survey isolation of new Sinulariolide derivatives 

Isr. J. Chem., Vol. 16, 1977 (pp. 1-3)

 

3. J. Verseveldt, Y. Benayahu 

Description of one old and five new species of Alcyonacea (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from the Red Sea 

Zool. Meded. Leiden, Vol. 53, 1978 (pp. 57-74) 

 

4. Y. Kashman, Y. Loya, M. Bodner, A. Groweiss, Y. Benayahu, N. Naveh 

Gas liquid chromatograms of sesquiterpenes as finger prints for coral identification 

Mar. Biol., Vol. 55, 1980 (pp. 255-259) 

 

5. S. Carmely, Y. Kashman, Y. Loya, Y. Benayahu 

New prostaglandin (PGF) derivatives from the soft coral Lobophytum depressum 

Tet. Lett., Vol. 21, 1980 (pp. 875-878) 

 

6. Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya 

Competition for space among coral reef sessile organisms at Eilat, Red Sea 

Bull. Mar. Sci., Vol. 31, 1981 (pp. 514-522) 

 

7. Y. Benayahu 

A new species of Metalcyonium (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from the Red Sea

Zool. Meded. Leiden, Vol. 56(16), 1982 (pp. 197-201) 

 

8. Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya 

Surface brooding in the Red Sea soft coral Parerythropodium fulvum fulvum (Forskal, 1775) 

Biol. Bull., Vol. 165, 1983 (pp. 353-369) 

 

9. J. Verseveldt, Y. Benayahu 

On two old and fourteen new species of Alcyonacea (Coelenterata, Octocorallia) from the Red Sea 

Zool. Verhand. Leiden, Vol. 208, 1983 (pp. 1-33) 

 

10. Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya 

Life history studies on the Red Sea soft coral Xenia macrospiculata Gohar, 1940. I. Annual dynamics of gonadal development 

Biol. Bull., Vol. 166, 1984 (pp. 32-43) 

 

11. Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya 

Life history studies on the Red Sea soft coral Xenia macrospiculata Gohar, 1940. II. Planulae shedding and

post larval development 

Biol. Bull., Vol. 166, 1984 (pp. 44-53) 

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12. Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya 

Substratum preferences and planulae settling of two Red Sea alcyonaceans: Xenia macrospiculata Gohar and

Parerythropodium fulvum fulvum (Forskal) 

J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., Vol. 83, 1984 (pp. 249-266) 

 

13. Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya 

Settlement and recruitment of a soft coral: Why is Xenia macrospiculata a successful colonizer? 

Bull. Mar. Sci., Vol. 36, 1985 (pp. 177-188) 

 

14. Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya 

Sexual reproduction of a soft coral: Synchronous and brief annual spawning of Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) 

Biol. Bull., Vol. 170, 1986 (pp. 32-42) 

 

15. T. Berner, Y. Achituv, Z. Dubinsky, Y. Benayahu 

Pattern of distribution and adaptation to different irradiance levels of zooxanthellae in the soft coral Litophyton arboreum (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) 

Symbiosis, Vol. 3, 1987 (pp. 23-40) 

 

16. W.M. Goldberg, Y. Benayahu 

Spicule formation in a gorgonian coral Pseudoplexaura flagellosa 1. emonstration of intracellular and extracellular growth and the effect

of ruthenium red during decalcification 

Bull. Mar. Sci., Vol. 40, 1987 (pp. 287-303) 

 

17. W.M. Goldberg, Y. Benayahu 

Spicule formation in the gorgonian coral Pseudoplexaura flagellosa 2. Calcium localization by antimonate precipitation

Bull. Mar. Sci., Vol. 40, 1987 (pp. 304-310) 

 

18. Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya 

Long-term recruitment of soft-corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) on artificial substrata at Eilat (Red Sea) 

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., Vol. 38, 1987 (pp. 161-167) 

 

19. D. Green, S. Carmely, Y. Benahayu, Y. Kashman 

Antheliolide A & B: Two new C24 Acetoacetylated diterpenoids of the soft coral Anthelia glauca 

Tet. Lett., Vol. 29, 1988 (pp. 1605-1608) 

 

20. Y. Benayahu, Y. Achituv, T. Berner 

Embryogenesis and acquisition of algal symbionts by planulae of Xenia umbellata (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) 

Mar. Biol., Vol. 100, 1988 (pp. 93-101) 

 

21. A. Rudi, Y. Benayahu, I. Goldberg, Y. Kashman 

Alkaloid metabolites of the marine tunicate Eudistoma sp. 

Tet. Lett., Vol. 29, 1988 (pp. 3861-3862) 

 

22. A. Rudi, Y. Benayahu, I. Goldberg, Y. Kashman 

Eilatin, a novel alkaloid from the marine tunicate Eudistoma sp. 

Tet. Lett., Vol. 29, 1988 (pp. 6655-6656) 

 

23. Y. Benayahu, T. Berner, Y. Achituv 

Development of planulae within a mesogleal coat in the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens 

Mar. Biol., Vol. 100, 1989 (pp. 203-210) 

 

24. Y. Benayahu 

Reproductive cycle and developmental processes during embryogenesis of Clavularia hamra (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) 

Acta Zoologica, Vol. 70, 1989 (pp. 29-36) 

 

25. Y. Benayahu, Y. Achituv, T. Berner 

Metamorphosis of an octocoral primary polyp and its infection by algal symbiosis 

Symbiosis, Vol. 7, 1989 (pp. 159-169) 

 

26. Y. Achituv, Y. Benayahu 

Polyp dimorphism and functional sequential hermaphroditism in the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens (Octocorallia) 

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., Vol. 64, 1990 (pp. 263-269) 

 

27. Y. Benayahu 

Xeniidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from the Red Sea with description of a new species 

Zool. Meded. Leiden, Vol. 64(15), 1990 (pp. 113-120) 

 

28. Y. Benayahu 

Reproduction and developmental pathways of Red Sea Xeniidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) 

Hydrobiologia, Vol. 216/217, 1991 (pp. 125-130) 

 

29. L.V. Salvini-Plawen, Y. Benayahu 

Epimenia arabica spec. nov., a Solenogaster (Mollusca) feeding on the alcyonacean Scleronephthya corymbosa (Cnidaria)

from shallow waters of the Red Sea

Mar. Ecol., Vol. 12, 1991 (pp. 139-152) 

 

30. Y. Benayahu, D. Weil, Z. Malik 

Entry of algal symbionts into oocytes of Litophyton arboreum (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) 

Tissue & Cell, Vol. 24, 1992 (pp. 473-482) 

 

31. L.P. Ofwegen van, Y. Benayahu 

Notes on Alcyonacea (Octocorallia) from Tanzania 

Zool. Meded. Leiden, Vol. 66, 1992 (pp. 139-154) 

 

32. Y. Achituv, Y. Benayahu, J. Hanania 

Planulae brooding and acquisition of zooxanthellae in Xenia macrospiculata (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) 

Helgol. Meeresunt., Vol. 46, 1992 (pp. 301-310) 

 

33. D. Green, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu 

Secondary metabolites of the yellow and gray morphs of the soft coral Parerythropodium fulvum fulvum: comparative aspects 

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 55, 1992 (pp. 1186-1196) 

 

34. Y. Benayahu 

Corals of the South-West Indian Ocean I. Alcyonacea from Sodwana Bay, South Africa 

Oceanogr. Res. Inst. Investig. Rep., Vol. 67, 1993 (pp. 1-15) 

 

35. A. Rudi, I. Goldberg, Z. Stein, Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer, Y. Kashman 

Sodwanones A-C, three new triterpenoids from a marine sponge 

Tet. Lett., Vol. 34, 1993 (pp. 3943-3944) 

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36. A. Rudi, R. Talpir, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer 

Four new C16 1,2-Dioxene-polketides from the sponge Plakortis aff. simplex 

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 56, 1993 (pp. 2178-2882) 

 

37. A. Rudi, I. Goldberg, Z. Stein, F. Frolow, Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer, Y. Kashman 

Polycitone A and Polycitone B: New alkaloids from the marine ascidian Polycitor sp. 

J. Org. Chem., Vol. 59, 1994 (pp. 999-1003) 

 

38. A. Rudi, S. Green, I. Goldberg, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer 

Phorbazoles A-D, novel chlorinated Phenylpyrrolyl-oxazoles from the marine sponge Phorbas aff. clathrata 

Tet. Lett. Vol. 35, 1994 (pp. 2589-2592) 

 

39. R. Talpir, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu, L. Pannell, M. Schleyer 

Hemiasterlin and Geodiamolide TA: Two new cytotoxic peptides from the marine sponge Hemiasterella minor (Kirkpatrick) 

Tet. Lett., Vol. 35, 1994 (pp. 4453-4456) 

 

40. A. Rudi, S. Green, I. Goldberg, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer 

Amino acid derivatives from the marine sponge Jaspis digonoxea 

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 57, 1994 (pp. 829-832) 

 

41. S. Isaacs, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu 

3-Hydroxy-7-Phenyl-4E-6E-Heptadienoic acid from an ascidian Didemnum granulatum 

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 57, 1994 (pp. 648-649) 

 

42. A. Rudi, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer 

Sodwanones A-F, new triterpenoids from the marine sponge Axinella weltneri 

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 57, 1994 (pp. 1416-1423)

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43. Y. Kashman, M. Saltoun, A. Rudi, Y. Benayahu 

Xeniafaraunol A and B and Faraunatin: three new cytotoxic diterpenes from the soft coral Xenia faraunensis 

Tet. Lett., Vol. 35, 1994 (pp. 8855-8858) 

 

44. K. Fabricius, Y. Benayahu, A. Genin 

Herbivory in asymbiotic soft corals 

Science, Vol. 268, 1995 (pp. 90-92) 

 

45. Y. Benayahu 

Species composition of soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) at the coral reefs of Sesoko Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan 

Galaxea, Vol. 12, 1995 (pp. 103-124) 

 

46. K. Fabricius, A. Genin, Y. Benayahu 

Flow-dependent herbivory and growth in zooxanthellae-free soft corals 

Limnol. Oceanogr., Vol. 40, 1995 (pp. 1290-1301) 

 

47. Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer 

Corals of the South-West Indian Ocean II. Eleutherobia aurea spec. nov. (Cnidaria, Alcyonacea) from deep reefs on the Kwazulu-Natal coast,

South Africa Oceanogr. Res. Inst. Invest. Rep., Vol. 68, 1995 (pp. 1-12) 

 

48. A. Rudi, S. Ketzinel, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer 

Antheliatin, Zahavin A and B, three new cytotoxic xenicane diterpenes from two soft corals 

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 58, 1995 (pp. 1581-1586) 

 

49. A. Rudi, I. Goldberg, Z. Stein, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer, L.G. Gravalos 

Sodwanones G, H, and I: New cytotoxic triterpenes from a marine sponge 

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 58, 1995 (pp. 1702-1712) 

 

50. G. Koren-Goldshlager, P. Klein, A. Rudi, Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer

Sindurol and Nephthoside: New tetraprenyltoluquinols from the soft coral Sinularia dura and Nephthea sp. 

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 59, 1996 (pp. 262-266) 

 

51. Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer 

Corals of the South-West Indian Ocean III. Alcyonacea (Octocorallia) of Bazaruto Island, Mozambique: a redescription of Cladiella australis (Macfadyen, 1936) and description of Cladiella kashmani spec. nov. 

Oceanogr. Res. Inst. Invest. Rep., Vol. 69, 1996 (pp. 1-22) 

 

52. G. Henning, D.K. Hofmann, Y. Benayahu 

The phorbol ester TPA induces metamorphosis in Red Sea coral planulae (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) 

Experientia, Vol. 52, 1996 (pp. 744-749) 

 

53. R. Ben-David-Zaslow, Y. Benayahu 

Longevity, competence and energetic content in planulae of the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens 

J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., Vol. 206, 1996 (pp. 55-68) 

 

54. E. Fridkovsky, A. Rudi, Y. Benayahu, Y. Kashman 

Sarcoglane, a new cytotoxic diterpene from Sarcophyton glaucum 

Tet. Lett., Vol. 37, 1996 (pp. 6909-6910) 

 

55. A. Kushmaro, G. Henning, D.K. Hofmann, Y. Benayahu 

Metamorphosis of Heteroxenia fuscescens planulae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) is inhibited by crude oil: a novel short-term toxicity bioassay 

Mar. Environ. Res., Vol. 43, 1996 (pp. 295-302) 

 

56. K. F. Fabricius, Y. Benayahu Y. G. Yahel, A. Genin 

Herbivory in soft corals: Correction 

Science, Vol. 273, 1996 (pp. 295-296) 

 

57. U. Oren, Y. Benayahu 

Transplantation of juvenile corals: a new approach for enhancing colonization of artificial reefs 

Mar. Biol., Vol. 127, 1997 (pp. 499-505) 

 

58. M. Dahan, Y. Benayahu 

Clonal propagation of the azooxanthellate octocoral Dendronephthya hemprichi 

Coral Reefs, Vol. 16, 1997 (pp. 5-12) 

 

59. U. Oren, Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya 

Effect of lesion site and shape on regeneration of the Red Sea coral Favia favus 

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., Vol. 146, 1997 (pp. 101-107) 

 

60. M. Dahan, Y. Benayahu 

Reproduction of Dendronephthya hemprichi (Cnidaria, Octocorallia): All year-round spawning in an azooxanthellate soft coral 

Mar. Biol., Vol. 129, 1997 (pp. 573-579) 

 

61. Y. Benayahu 

A review of three alcyonacean families (Octocorallia) from Guam 

Micronesica, Vol. 30, 1998 (pp. 207-244) 

 

62. G. Henning, D.K. Hofmann, Y. Benayahu 

Metamorphic responses in two soft corals: the effects of activators and inhibitors of protein kinase C 

J. Invert. Reprod. Develop., Vol. 34, 1998 (pp. 35-45) 

 

63. R. Ben-David-Zaslow, Y. Benayahu 

Competence and longevity in planulae of several soft corals 

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., Vol. 163, 1998 (pp. 235-243) 

 

64. A. Kruger, M.H. Schleyer, Y. Benayahu 

Reproduction in Anthelia glauca (Octocorallia, Xeniidae). I. Gametogenesis and larval brooding 

Mar. Biol., Vol. 131, 1998 (pp. 423-432) 

 

65. Y. Benayahu, M.H. Schleyer 

Reproduction in Anthelia glauca (Octocorallia, Xeniidae). II. Transmission of algal symbionts during planular brooding 

Mar. Biol., Vol. 131, 1998 (pp. 433-442) 

 

66. D. Kelman, A. Kushmaro, Y. Loya, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu 

Antimicrobial activity of a Red Sea soft coral Parerythropodium fulvum fulvum: reproductive and developmental considerations 

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., Vol. 169, 1998 (pp. 87-95) 

 

67. M. Dahan, Y. Benayahu 

Embryogenesis, planular longevity and competence in the octocoral Dendronephthya hemprichi 

Inver. Biol., Vol. 117, 1998 (pp. 271-280) 

 

68. G. Rilov, Y. Benayahu 

Vertical artificial structures as an alternative habitat for coral reef fishes in disturbed environments 

Mar. Environ. Res., Vol. 45, 1998 (pp. 431-451) 

 

69. Y. Benayahu 

Lobe variation in the soft coral Sinularia nanolobata Verseveldt, 1977 (Cnidaria, Alcyonacea) 

Bull. Mar. Sci., Vol. 63, 1998 (pp. 229-240) 

 

70. U. Oren, Y. Benayahu 

Didemnid ascidians: rapid colonizers of artificial reefs in Eilat (Red Sea) 

Bull. Mar. Sci., Vol. 63, 1998 (pp. 199-206) 

 

71. Y. Benayahu, L.P. van Ofwegen, P. Alderslade 

A case study of a variation in two nominal species of Sinularia (Coelenterate: Octocorallia), S. brassica May, 1898 and S. dura(Pratt, 1903), with a proposal for their synonymy 

Zool. Verhand. Leiden, Vol. 323, 1998 (pp. 277-309) 

 

72. Y. Ben-David-Zaslow, G. Henning, D.K. Hofmann, Y. Benayahu 

Reproduction in the Red Sea soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens: seasonality and long-term record (1991-1997) 

Mar. Biol., Vol. 133, 1999 (pp. 553-559) 

 

73. D. Kelman, Y. Benayahu, Y. Kashman 

Chemical defense of the soft coral Pareythropodium fulvum fulvum (Forskal) in the Red Sea against generalist reef fish 

J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., Vol. 238, 1999 (pp. 127-137) 

 

74. G. Paulay, Y. Benayahu 

Patterns and consequences of coral bleaching in Micronesia (Majuro and Guam) in 1992-1994 

Micronesica, Vol. 32, 1999 (pp. 109-124) 

 

75. Y. Ben-David-Zaslow, Y. Benayahu 

Temporal variation in lipid, protein and carbohydrate content in the Red Sea soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens 

J. Mar. Biol. Ass. UK, Vol. 79, 1999 (pp. 1001-1006) 

 

76. D. Zeevi, Y. Benayahu 

The gorgonian coral Acabaria biserialis: life history of a successful colonizer of artificial substrata 

Mar. Biol., Vol. 135, 1999 (473-481)

 

77. C. Avila, D. Kelman, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu 

An association between a dendronotid nudibranch (Mollusca, Opistobranchia) and a soft coral (Octocorallia, Alcyonaria) 

J. Nat. Hist., Vol. 33, 1999, (1433-1449) 

 

78. G. Rilov, A. Gasith, S.M. Evans, Y. Benayahu 

Unregulated use of TBT-based anti-fouling paints in Israel (eastern Mediterranean): high contamination and imposex levels in two marine gastropods 

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., Vol. 192, 2000 (pp. 229-238) 

 

79. D. Kelman, Y. Benayahu, Y. Kashman 

Variation in secondary metabolite concentrations in yellow and grey morphs of the Red Sea soft coral Pareythropodium fulvum fulvum (Cnidaria: Octocorallia): possible ecological implications 

J. Chem. Ecol., Vol. 26, 2000 (pp. 1123-1133) 

 

80. G. Rilov, Y. Benayahu 

Fish assemblages on natural versus vertical artificial reefs: the rehabilitation perspective 

Mar. Biol., Vol. 136, 2000 (pp. 931-942) 

 

81. Ben-David-Zaslow, Y. Benayahu 

Biochemical composition, metabolism, and amino acid transport in planula-larvae of the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens 

J. Exp. Zool., Vol. 287, 2000 (pp. 401-412) 

 

82. U. Oren, Y. Benayahu, H. Lubinevsky, Y. Loya 

Colony integration during regeneration in the stony coral Coralfavia favus

Ecology, Vol. 82, 2000 (pp. 802-813) 

 

83. G. Rilov, Y. Benayahu, A. Gasith 

Low abundance and skewed population structure of the whelk Stramonita haemastoma along the Israeli Mediterranean coast 

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.,Vol. 218, 2001 (pp. 189-202) 

 

84. O. Barneah, Z. Malik, Y. Benayahu 

Attachment to substrate in soft coral fragments: desmocyte development, structure, and function 

Invert. Biol., Vol. 121, 2002 (pp. 81-90) 

 

85. G. Rilov, A. Gasith, Y. Benayahu

Effect of an exotic prey on the feeding pattern of a predatory snail

Mar. Envron. Res., Vol. 54, 2002 (pp. 85-98) 

 

86. Y. Benayahu 

Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) of the southern Ryukyu Archipelago: The families Tubiporidae, Clavulariidae, Alcyoniidae and Briareidae 

Galaxea JSRS, Vol. 4, 2002 (pp. 1-21) 

 

87. A. Rudi, S. Levi, Y. Benayahu, Y. Kashman 

Lemnaflavoside, a new diterpene glycoside from the soft coral Lemnalia flava. 

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 65, 2002 (pp. 1672-1674) 

 

88. G. Rilov, Y. Benayahu

Rehabilitation of coral reef fish communities: The importance of Artificial-Reef relief to recruitment rates

Bull. Mar. Sci., Vol. 70, 2002 (pp. 185-197) 

 

89. Y. Benayahu, Y. Tesfamariam, M. H. Schleyer

Soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacae) of the southern Red Sea 

Is. J. Zool., Vol. 48, 2002 (pp. 273-283)

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90. T. Yacobovitch, V.M. Weis, Y. Benayahu 

Development and survivorship of zooxanthellate and azooxanthellate primary polyps of the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens: Laboratory and field comparisons 

Mar. Biol., Vol. 142, 2003 (pp. 1055-1063) 

 

91. Y. Benayahu, A. Shlagman, M.H. Schleyer 

Corals of the South-west Indian Ocean VI. Alcyonacea (Octocorallia) of Mozambique with a discussion on soft corals latitudinal distribution along south equatorial East African reefs 

Zool. Vehand., Leiden, Vol. 344, 2003 (pp. 49-57) 

 

92. A. Rudi, H. Shalom, M. Schleyer, Y. Benayahu, Y. Kashman 

Asmarines G and H and Barekol, three new compounds from the marine sponge Raspailia sp. 

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 67, 2004 (pp. 106-110) 

 

93. T. Yacobovitch, Y. Benayahu, V.M. Weis 

Motility of zooxanthellae isolated from the Red Sea soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens (Cnidaria) 

J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., Vol. 298, 2004 (pp. 35-48) 

 

94. S. Perkol-Finkel, Y. Benayahu 

Community structure of stony and soft corals on artificial and natural reefs in Eilat (Red Sea): comparative aspects and implications 

Coral Reefs Vol. 23, 2004 (pp. 195-205) 

 

95. G. Rilov, Y. Benayahu, A. Gasith 

Prolonged lag in population outbreak of an invasive mussel: a shifting-habitat model 

Biological Invasions, Vol. 6, 2004 (pp. 347-364) 

 

96. O. Barneah, V. M. Weis, S. Perez, Y. Benayahu 

Diversity of dinoflagellate symbionts in Red Sea soft corals: mode of symbiont acquisition matters 

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., Vol. 275, 2004 (pp. 89-95) 

 

97. L. Chill, A. Rudi, Y. Benayahu, M. Schleyer, Y. Kashman 

Kitungolides A, B, and C, new diterpenes from a soft coral of a new genus 

Organic Letters, Vol. 6, 2004 (pp. 755-758) 

 

98. Y. Benayahu, S. Perkol-Finkel 

Soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) from Southern Taiwan. I. Sarcophyton nanwanensis sp. nov. (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) 

Zool. Stud., Vol. 43, 2004 (pp. 537-547)

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99. Y. Benayahu, M.-S. Jeng, S. Perkol-Finkel, C.-F. Dai 

Soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) from Southern Taiwan. II. Species diversity and distributional patterns 

Zool. Stud., Vol. 43, 2004 (pp. 548-560) 

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100. N. Berer, A. Rudi, I. Goldberg, Y. Benayahu, Y. Kashman 

Callynormine A, a new marine cyclic peptides of a novel class 

Organic Letters, Vol. 6, 2004 15 (pp. 2543-2545)

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101. L. Chill, A. Rudi, Y. Benayahu, Y. Kashman 

Violatinctamine, a New Heterocyclic Compound from the Marine tunicate Cystodytes cf. violatinctus 

Tetrahedron Lett., Vol. 45, 2004 (pp. 7925-7928) 

 

102. G. Rilov, Y Benayahu, A. Gasith 

Life on the edge: do biochemical and behavioral adaptations to wave exposure correlate with habitat partitioning in predatory whelks? 

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., Vol. 282, 2004 (pp. 193-204) 

 

103. A. Rudi, Y. Benayahu and Y. Kashman 

Likonides A and B: New Ansa Farnesyl Quinols from the Marine Sponge Hyatella sp. 

Org. Lett., 6(22), 2004 (pp. 4013-4016) 

 

104. M.H. Schleyer, A. Kruger, Y. Benayahu 

Reproduction and the unusual condition of hermaphroditism in Sarcophtyon glaucum (Octocorallia, Alcyoniidae) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Hydrobiologia, Vol. 530/531, 2004 (pp. 399-409) 

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105. S. Perkol-Finkel, Y. Benayahu 

Recruitment of benthic organisms onto a planned artificial reef: shifts in community structure one decade post deployment 

Mar. Envron. Res., Vol. 58, 2005 (pp. 79-99) 

 

106. A. Rudi, Y. Benayahu, Y. Kashman 

Mycgranol; A New Diterpene from the Marine Sponge Mycale aff. graveleryi 

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 68, 2005 (pp. 280-281) 

 

107. L. Chill, N. Berrer, Y. Benayahu, Y. Kashman 

Eunicellin Diterpenes from Two Kenyan Soft Corals 

J. Nat. Prod., Vol. 68, 2005 (pp.19-25) 

 

108. M.V. Ogunlana, M.D. Hooge, Y.I. Tekle, Y. Benayahu, O. Barnea, S. Tyler 

Waiminoa brickneri n. sp. (Acoela: Acoelomorpha) associated with corals in the Red Sea 

Zootaxa, Vol., 1008, 2005 (pp. 1-11) 

 

109. G. Rilov, A. Gasith, Y. Benayahu 

Effect of disturbance on foraging: whelk activity on wave-exposed rocky shores with minimal tidal range 

Mar. Biol., Vol. 147, 2005 (pp. 421-428) 

 

110. S. Perkol-Finkel , N. Shashar, O. Barnea, R. Ben-David-Zaslow, U. Oren, T. Reichart, T. Yacobovich, G. Yahel, R. Yahel, Y. Benayahu 

Fouling reefal communities on artificial reefs: does age matter? 

Biofouling, Vol. 21, 2005 (pp. 127-140) 

 

111. J. Tanaka, T. Yoshida, Y. Benayahu 

Chemical diversity of Sarcophyton soft corals in Okinawa 

Galaxea, JCRS, Vol. 7, 2005 (pp. 1-9) 

 

112. A. Rudi, Y. Erez, Y. Benayahu, Y. Kashman 

Omriolide A and B: two new rearranged spongian diterpenes from the marine sponge Dictyodendrilla aff. retiara 

Tetrahedron Lett., Vol. 46, 2005 (pp. 8613-8616) 

 

113. Y. Sharon, Y. Benayahu, H.K. Mienis 

First record of an exotic oyster: Alectryonella crenulifera, from the Mediterranean coast of Israel 

Triton, Vol. 12, 2005 (pp.5-6) 

 

114. S. Perkol-Finkel, N. Shashar, Y. Benayahu 

Can artificial reefs mimic natural reef communities? The roles of structural features and age 

Mar. Env. Res., Vol. 61, 2006 (pp. 21-35) 

 

115. O. Barneah, Y. Benayahu, V.M. Weis 

Comparative proteomics of symbiotic and aposymbiotic juvenile soft corals 

Marine Biotechnology, Vol. 8, 2006 (pp. 11-16)

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116 S. Perkol-Finkel, G. Zilman, I. Sella, T. Miloh, Y. Benayahu 

Floating and fixed artificial reefs: the effect of substratum motion on benthic Communities in a coral reef environment 

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., Vol. 317, 2006 (pp. 9-20) 

 

117. A. Rudi, G. Shmul, Y. Benayahu, Y. Kashman 

Sinularectin a new diterpenoid from the soft coral Sinularia erecta 

Tetrahedron Lett., Vol. 47, 2006 (pp. 2937-2939) 

 

118. L.P. van Ofwegen, Y. Benayahu 

A new genus of paralcyoniid soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Paraalcyoniidae) from the Indo-West Pacific 

Galaxea, JSRS, Vol. 8, 2006 (pp. 25-37) 

 

119. A. Bishara, A. Rudi, I. Goldberg, Y. Benayahu, Y. Kashman 

Novaxenicins A-D and xeniolides I-K, seven new diterpenes from the soft coral Xenia novaebrittaniae 

Tetrahedron, Vol. 62, 2006 (pp.12092-12097) 

 

120. S. Perkol-Finkel, Y. Benayahu 

Differential recruitment of benthic communities on neighboring artificial and natural reefs 

J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., Vol. 340, 2007 (pp. 25-39)

 

121. D. Zeevi Ben-Yosef, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu 

Response of the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens to UVR regimes as reflected by MAA biosynthesis 

Mar. Ecol., Vol. 27, 2007 (pp. 219-228) 

 

122. O. Barneah, I. Brickner, M. Hooge, V. M. Weis, Y. Benayahu 

Three party symbiosis: acoelomorph worms, corals and unicellular algal symbionts in Eilat (Red Sea) 

Mar. Biol., Vol. 151, 2007 (pp. 1215-1223) 

 

123. O. Barneah, I. Brickner, M. Hooge, V. M. Weis, Y. Benayahu 

First evidence of maternal transmission of algal endosymbionts at an oocyte stage in a triploblastic host with observations on reproductionin Waminoa brickneri (Acoelomorpha)

Invert. Biol., Vol. 126, 2007 (pp. 113-119) 

 

124. H. Soreq, A. Rudi, Y. Benayahu, Y. Kashman 

Njaoamines G and H, two new cytotoxic polycyclic alkaloids and tetrahydroquinolone from the marine sponge Neopetrosia sp. 

Tetrahedron Lett., Vol. 48, 2007 (pp. 7691-7694) 

 

125. S. Perkol-Finkel., T. Miloh. G. Zilman, I. Sella, Y. Benayahu 

Floating and fixed artificial habitats: Spatial and temporal patterns of benthic communities in a coral reef environment Estuarine Coastal & Shelf Science, Vol. 77, 2008 (pp. 491-500) 

 

126. S. Kahng, Y. Benayahu, D. Wagner, N. Rothe 

Sexual reproduction in the invasive octocoral Carijoa riisei in Hawaii

Bull. Mar. Sci., Vol. 82, 2008 (pp. 1-17) 

 

127. H. Soreq, A. Rudi, Y. Benayahu, Y. Kashman

Axiplyns A-E, new sequiterpine isothiocyanates from the marine sponge Axinyssa aplysinoides 

Tetrahedron Lett., Vol. 49, 2008 (pp. 2200-2203) 

 

128. G. Zilman, J. Novak, Y. Benayahu 

How do larvae attach to a solid in a laminar flow? 

Mar. Biol., Vol. 154, 2008 (pp. 1-26) 

 

129. D. Zurel, O. Shaham, Y. Brickner, Y. Benayahu

DAPI-based vital staining reveals entry of heterologous zooxanthellae by primary polyps of the vertically-transmitting soft coral Litophyton crosslandi (Cnidaria, Octocoralia, family Nephtheidae) 

Symbiosis, Vol. 46, 2008 (pp.145-152) 

 

130. D. Zeevi-Ben-Yosef, Y. Benayahu

Synergistic effects of UVR and temperature on survival of azooxanthellate and zooxanthellate early developmental stages of soft corals

Bull. Mar. Sci., Vol. 83, 2008 (pp. 401-414) 

 

131. D. Zeevi-Ben-Yosef, Y. Kashman, Y. Benayahu

Mycosporine-like amino acids in azooxanthellate and zooxanthellate early developmental stages of the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens 

J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. Vol. 355, 2008 (pp. 12-17) 

 

132. S. Perkol-Finkel, Y. Benayahu 

The role of differential survival patterns in shaping coral communities on neighboring artificial and natural reefs 

J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. Vol. 639, 2008 (pp. 1-7) 

 

133. Y. Benayahu, L.P. van Ofwegen 

New species of Sarcophyton and Lobophytum (Octocorallia Alcyonacea) from Hong Kong 

Zool. Med. Leiden. 2009. Vol. 83, 2009 (pp. 863-876) 

 

134. C. S. McFadden, L. P. van Ofwegen, E. J. Beckman, Y. Benayahu, P. Alderslade

Molecular systematics of the speciose Indo-Pacific soft coral genus, Sinularia 

Invert. Biol. 2009. Vol. 128, 2009 (pp. 303–323)

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135. Y. Benayahu, K. Fabricius

On some Octocorallia (Alcyonacea) from Hong Kong, with a description of Paraminabea rubeusa spec. nov. 

Pacific Science. Vol. 64, 2010 (pp. 285-296)

 

136. Y. Benayahu, L. M. Chou

On some Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Alcyonacea) from Singapore, with a description of a new Cladiella species

The Raffles Bull. Zool. Vol. 58, 2010 (pp. 1-13) 

 

137. I. Sella, Y. Benayahu

Rearing cuttings of the soft coral Sarcophyton glaucum (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea): towards mass production in a closed seawater system

Aquculrure Research Vol. 141, 2010 (pp. 1748-1758) 

 

138. Y. Benayahu, S. Perkol-Finkel 

Klyxum adii spec. nov. (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Kenya 

Zool. Med. Leiden.. Vol. 84, 2010 (pp. 7-14) 

 

139. M. H. Schleyer, Y. Benayahu

Pre- and post-1998 ENSO records of shallow-water octocorals (Alcyonacea) in the Chagos Archipelago

Mar. Pollut. Bull. Vol. 60, 2010 (pp. 2197-2200) 

 

140. Y. Benayahu

A new genus of a soft coral of the family Xeniidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from Japan.

Galaxea JCRS. Vol. 12, 2010 (pp. 53-64) 

 

141. D. Yeffet, A. Rudi, S. Ketzinel, Y. Benayahu, Y. Kashman

Auroside, a xylosyl-sterol, and patusterol A and B, two hydroxylated sterols, from two soft corals Eleutherobia aurea and Lobophytum patulum.

Nat. Prod. Comm. 5: 205-210 

 

142. Y. Benayahu, C. S. McFadden

A new genus of soft coral of the family Alcyoniidae (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) with re-description of a new combination and description of a new species

ZooKeys. Vol. 84, 2011 (pp. 1-11) 

 

143. D. Zurel, Y. Benayahu, A. Or, A. Kovacs, U. Gophna

Composition and dynamics of the gill microbiota of an invasive Indo-Pacific oyster in the eastern Mediterranean Sea Environ. 

Micro. Vol. 13, 2011 (pp. 1467-1476) 

 

144. Y. Benayahu, L.P. van Ofwegen

New species of octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) from Penghu Is., Taiwan.

Zool. Stud. Vol. 50, 2011 (pp. 350-362) 

 

145. C. S. McFadden, Y. Benayahu, E. Pante, J.N. Thoma, P. A. Nevarez, S. C. France

Limitations of mitochondrial gene barcoding in Octocorallia

Molecular Ecology Resources. Vol. 11, 2011 (pp. 19-31) 

 

146. O. Polak, Y. Loya, I. Brickner, E. Kramarski-Winter, Y. Benayahu

The widely distributed Indo-Pacific zoanthid Palythoa tuberculosa: a sexually conservative strategist

Bull. Mar. Sci. Vol. 87, 2011 (pp. 605-621) 

 

147. Y. Benayahu, L.P. van Ofwegen

New species of the genus Sinularia (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Singapore with notes on the occurrence of other species of the genus 

The Raffles Bull. Zool. Vol. 59, 2011 (pp.117-125)

 

148. M.-S. Jeng, H.-D. Huang, C.-F. Dai, Y.-C. Hsiao, Y. Benayahu

Sclerite calcification and reef-building in the fleshy octocoral genus Sinularia (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea)

Coral Reefs Vol. 30, 2011 (pp. 925-933) 

 

149. S.E. Kahng, Y. Benayahu, H.R. Lasker 

Sexual reproduction in octocorals

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. Vol. 443, 2011 (pp. 265-283) 

 

150. D. Zurel, U. Gophna, Y. Benayahu 

Parity and disparity between two Chama oysters: The reproductive biology of the Indo Pacific C. pacifica Broderip 1835,

invasive to the Mediterranean Sea; and C. savignyi Lamy, 1921, indigenous to the Red Sea 

Mar. Ecol. Vol. 33, 2012 (pp. 261-271) 

 

151. D. Aharonovich, Y. Benayahu

Microstructure of octocoral sclerites for diagnosis of taxonomic features 

Mar. Biodiv. Vol. 42, 2012 (pp. 173-174) 

 

152. M. G. Grossowicz, Y. Benayahu

Differential morphological features of two Dendronephthya soft coral species suggest differences in feeding niches

Mar. Biodiv. Vol. 42, 2012 (pp. 65-72) 

 

153. Barneah O., E.B. Dov, Y. Benayahu, I. Brickner, A. Kushmaro 

Molecular diversity and specificity of acoel worms associated with corals in the Gulf of Eilat (Red Sea) 

Aquat. Biol. Vol. 14, 2012 (pp. 277-281) 

 

154. C. Yoffe, T. Lotan, Y. Benayahu 

A modified view on octocorals: Heteroxenia fuscescens nematocysts are diverse, featuring both an ancestral and a novel type

PLoS ONE Vol. 7, 2012 (pp. 1-5) 

 

155. L.P. van Ofwegen, Y. Benayahu

New species of the genus Sinularia (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) from Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan

Zool. Stud. Vol. 51, 2012 (pp. 383-398) 

 

156. Y. Gabay, Y. Benayahu, M. Fine

Does elevated pCO2 affect reef octocorals?

Ecology & Evolution Vol. 3, 2012 (pp. 465-473) 

 

157. Y. Benayahu, L.P. van Ofwegen

Octocorals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Reunion, with a description of two new species of the genus Sinularia and notes on the occurrence of other species. 

Zoosytema Vol. 34, 2012 (pp. 673-699) 

 

158. M. Leiba, R. Zuzovsky, D. Mioduser, Y. Benayahu, R. Nachmias

Learning about ecological systems by constructing qualitative models with Dynalearn. 

Interdic. J. E-Learn. & Learn. Obj. Vol. 8, 2012 (pp. 57-62) 

 

159. Y. Benayahu, L.P. van Ofwegen, C.-F. Dai, M.-S. Jeng, K. Soong, A. Shlagman, H.J. Hsieh. C.S. McFadden

Diversity, distribution and molecular systematics of octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) on Penghu archipelago, Taiwan

Zool. Stud. Vol. 51, 2012 (pp. 1529-1548) 

 

160. L. P. van Ofwegen, Y. Benayahu, C. S. McFadden

Sinularia leptoclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) re-examined

ZooKeys Vol. 272, 2013 (pp. 29-59)

 

161. Y. Benayahu

Notes on some tropical octocorals at the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) 

The Raffles Bull. Zool. Vol. 61, 2013 (pp. 7-11)

 

162. G. Zilman, J. Novak, A. Liberzon, S. Perkol-Finkel, Y. Benayahu 

Hydrodynamics of contact of a marine larva Bugula nertina with a cylinder

J. Exp. Biol. Vol. 216, 2013 (pp. 279-291) 

 

163. R. D. Haverkort-Yeh, C. S. McFadden, A. Halász, M. Berumen, Y. Benayahu, R. J. Toonen

A taxonomic survey of Saudi Arabian Red Sea octocorals (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea)

Mar. Biodiv. Vol. 43, 2013 (pp. 279-291) 

 

164. Y. Hibino1, P. A. Todd, S.-yin Yang, Y. Benayahu, J. D. Reimer

Molecular and morphological evidence for conspecificity of two common Indo-Pacific species of Palythoa (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). 

Hydrobiologia Vol. 733, 2014 (pp. 31-43) 

 

165. D. Edelist, A. Scheinin, O. Sonin, J. Shapiro, P. Salameh, G. Rilov, Y. Benayahu, D. Schulz, D. Zeller 

Israel: Reconstructed estimates of total fisheries removals in the Mediterranean 1950–2010. 

Acta Adriat Vol. 54, 2013 (pp. 253-264) 

 

166. A. Halász, C. S. McFadden, D. Aharonovich, R. Toonen, Y. Benayahu

A revision of the octocoral genus Ovabunda (Alderslade, 2001) (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Xeniidae). 

ZooKeys Vol. 373, 2014 (pp. 1-41) 

 

167. A. Shabtay, Y. Tikochinski, Y. Benayahu, G. Rilov

Preliminary data on the population genetic structure of a highly successful invading oyster suggest its establishment dynamics in the Levant 

Mar. Biol. Res. Vol. 10, 2014 (pp. 407- 415) 

 

168. J. P. Ruiz Allais, M. E. Amaro, C. S. McFadden, A. Halász, Y. Benayahu

The first incidence of an alien soft coral of the family Xeniidae in the Caribbean, an invasion in eastern Venezuelan coral communities 

Coral Reefs Vol. 33, 2014 (pp. 287) 

 

169. Y. Gabay, M. Fine, Z. Barkay, Y. Benayahu 

Octocoral tissue provides protection from declining oceanic pH 

PLoS ONE Vol. 9, 2014 (e91553) 

 

170. M. Sharabi, Y. Mandelberg, D. Benayahu, Y. Benayahu, A. Azem, R. Haj-Ali

A new class of bio-composite materials of unique collagen fibers. 

J. Mech. Behav. Biomech. Mat. Vol. 36, 2014 (pp. 71-81) 

 

171. A. Halàsz, A. M. Reynolds, C. S. McFadden, R. J. Toonen, Y. Benayahu

Could polyp pulsation be the key to species boundaries in the genus Ovabunda (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Xeniidae)? 

Hydrobiologia Vol. 759, 2015 (pp. 95-107) 

 

172. Y. Mandelberg-Aharon, Y. Benayahu

Reproduction of the Red Sea octocoral Sarcophyton auritum Verseveldt & Benayahu,1978, are uniform within generic boundaries and across wide biogeographical regions. 

Hydrobiologia Vol. 759, 2015 (pp. 119-132)

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173. A. Shabtay, G. Rilov, Y. Benayahu

The invasive oyster Spondylus spinopsus Schreibers, 1793 in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: reproductive features

Molluscan Res. Vol. 35, 2015 (pp. 206-2012) 

 

174. M. Grossowicz, Y. Benayahu

Occurrence and survivorship of azooxanthellate octocorals reflect recruitment preferences and depth distribution 

Hydrobiologia Vol. 759, 2015 (pp. 85-93) 

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175. Y. R. Roterman, Y. Benayahu, L. Reshef, U. Gophna

The gill microbiota of invasive and indigenous Spondylus oysters from the Mediterranean Sea and northern Red Sea 

Environ. Micro. & Environ. Micro. Reports Vol. 7, 2015 (pp. 860-867) 

 

176. Sharbi, M., J. Isaacs, Y. Benayahu, D. Benayahu, and R. Haj-Ali 

Laminated collagen-fiber bio-composites for soft-tissue bio-mimetics 

Compos. Sci. Technol. Vol. 117, 2015 (pp. 268-276) 

 

177. Y. Benayahu, O. Levi, T. Lotan

Preface to the 8th International Confence on Coelenterate Biology

Hydrobiologia, Vol. 759, 2015 (pp. 1-2) 

 

178. Y. Mandelberg-Aharon, D. Benayahu, Y. Benayahu

Octocoral Sarcophyton auritum Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1978: Microanatomy and presence of collagen fibers

Biol. Bull. Vol. 230, 2016 (pp. 68-77)

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179. Y. J. Trifman, M. Aknin, A. Gauvin-Bialecki, Y. Benayahu, S. Carmeli, Y. Kashman 

Bisdioxycalamenene: A Bis-Sesquiterpene from the Soft Coral Rhytisma fulvum fulvum

Mar. Drugs Vol. 14, 2016, doi:10.3390/md14020041 

 

180. Z. Barkay, R. Golombick, Y. Gabay, Y. Benayahu 

Droplet Contact Angle measurement on Microstructures of Octocoral Sclerites - ESEM Image Analysis

J. Chem. Chem. Engin. Vol. 1, 2016 (pp. 42-47)

 

181. L. P. van Ofwegen, C. S. McFadden, Y. Benayahu

Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) re-examined, with description of a new species.

ZooKeys, Vol. 581, 2016 (pp. 71-126)

 

182. E. Shoham, Y. Benayahu    

Higher species richness of octocorals in the upper mesophotic zone in Eilat (Gulf of Aqaba) compared to shallower reef zones

DOI: 10.1007/s00338-016-1528-7            

Coral Reefs Vol. 36, 2017 (pp. 71–81)

 

183. M. H. Schleyer, Y. Benayahu, S. Parker-Nancec, R. W. M. van Soest, J. P. Quode

Benthos on submerged lava beds of varying age off the coast of Reunion, western Indian Ocean: sponges, octocorals and ascidians            

DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2016.1190669

Biodiversity, 2016 dx.doi.org/10.1080/1488386.2016.1190669              

 

184. M. H. Schleyer, Y. Benayahu      

The soft coral fauna (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) of Mayotte

DOI: 10.1007/s12526-016-0621-z

Mar. Biodiv. 2016 DOI 10.1007/s12526-016-0621-z

 

185. E. Shoham, Y. Benayahu   

Higher species richness of octocorals in the upper mesophotic zone in Eilat (Gulf of Aqaba) compared to shallower reef zones

DOI: 10.1007/s00338-016-1528-7           

Coral Reefs Vol. 36, 2017 (pp. 71–81)

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186. C. S. McFadden, R. Haverkort-Yeh, A. M. Reynolds, A. Halàsz, A. M. Quattrini, Zac H. Forsman, Y. Benayahu, R. J. Toonen        

Species boundaries in the absence of morphological, ecological or geographical differentiation in the Red Sea octocoral genus Ovabunda (Alcyonacea: Xeniidae)

DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.04.025           

Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. Vol. 112, 2017 (pp. 174-184)

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187. Y. Benayahu, C. S. McFadden, E. Shoham

Search for mesophotic octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) and their phylogeny: I. A new sclerite-free genus from Eilat, northern Red Sea

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.680.12727

ZooKeys Vol. 680, 2017 (pp. 1–11)

 

188. Y. Benayahu, C. S. McFadden, E. Shoham, L. P. Van Ofwegen  

Search for mesophotic octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) and their phylogeny: II. A new zooxanthellate species from Eilat, northern Red Sea

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.676.12751

ZooKeys Vol.  676, 2017 (pp. 1–12)

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189. J. Orgel, I. Sella, R. S. Madhurapantula, O. Antipova, Y. Mandelberg, Y. Kashman, D. Benayahu, Y. Benayahu

Molecular and ultrastructural studies of a fibrillar collagen from octocoral (Cnidaria)

DOI: 10.1242/jeb.163824

J. Exp. Biol. 2017

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190. M. Michailidis, I. Sorzabal-Bellido, E. A. Adamidou, Y. A. Diaz-Fernandez, J. A. D. Grigoriev, R. Raval, R. Wengier, Y. Benayahu,

R. A. D’Sa, D. Shchukin             

Modified mesoporous silica nanoparticles with dual synergetic antibacterial effect        

DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b14642

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Vol. 9, 2017 (pp. 38364–38372) 

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191. E. Gutner-Hoch, R. Martins, T. Oliveira, F. Maia, A. M. V. M. Soares, S. Loureiro, C. Piller 1, Iris Preiss 1, Michal Weis, S. B. Larroze, T. Teixeira, J. Tedim, Y. Benayahu            

Antimacrofouling efficacy of innovative Inorganic nanomaterials loaded with booster biocides

DOI: 10.3390/jmse6010006           

J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2018, 6 (1), 6

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192. E. Gilad, S. M. Kidwell, Y. Benayahu, Y. Edelman-Furstenberg

Unrecognized loss of seagrass communities based on molluscan death assemblages: historic baseline shift in tropical Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea 

DOI: 10.3354/meps12492

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. Vol. 589, 2018 (pp. 73–83)

 

193. Y. Benayahu, L. P. van Ofwegen, C. S. McFadden

Evaluating the genus Cespitularia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 and descriptions of new genera of the family Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea)

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.754.2336  

ZooKeys Vol. 754, 2018 (pp. 63–101)

 

194. D. Benayahu, M. Sharabi, L. Pomeraniec, L. Awad, R. Haj-Ali, Y. Benayahu                          

Unique Collagen Fibers for Biomedical Applications.

DOI: 10.3390/md16040102

Mar. Drugs Vol. 23, 2018 16 (4). pii: E102

 

195. X. Velasquez, D. M. A. Bolaños, Y. Benayahu  

New records of cotylean flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida:  Rhabditophora) from coastal habitats of Israel

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.2.2           

ZOOTAXA Vol. 4438, 2018 (pp. 237–260)

 

196. M. H Schleyer, L. Bigot, Y. Benayahu

Coral Reefs of the Glorieuses Islands, Western Indian Ocean

DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2018.1512525

Afr. J. Mar. Sci. Vol. 40, 2018 (pp. 331-339)

 

197. Y. Benayahu, L. P. van Ofwegen, C. F. Dai, M. S. Jeng, K. Soong, A. Shlagman, S. W. Du, P. Hong, N. H. Imam, A. Chung, T. Wu, C. S. McFadden 

The octocorals of Dongsha Atoll (South China Sea): an iterative approach to species identification using classical taxonomy and molecular barcodes

DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2018.57-50

Zool. Stud. Vol. 57, 2018 (pp. 1-26) 

 

198. R. Liberman, T. Shlesinger, Y. Loya, Y. Benayahu

Octocoral sexual reproduction: temporal disparity between mesophotic and shallow populations

DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00445

Frontiers | Marine Science Vol. 5, 2018 (pp. 1-14) doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00445

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199. Y. Benayahu, T. Bridge, P. L. Colin, R. Liberman, C. McFadden, O. Pizarro, M. H Schleyer, E. Shoham, B. Reijnen, M. Weis, J. Tanaka

Octocorals of the Indo-Pacific

Mesophotic coral ecosystems of the World (Loya Y., Puglise K., Bridge T. eds) 

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-92735-0_38   

Springer, New York. 2019 

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200. V. Denis, D. Soto, S. De Palmas, Y. T. V. Lin, Y. Benayahu, Y. M. Huang, S.-L. Liu, J.-W. Chen, Q. Chen, N Sturaro, M.-J. Ho, Y. Su, C. F. Dai, C. A. Chen   Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in Taiwan 

Mesophotic coral ecosystems of the World (Loya Y., Puglise K., Bridge T. eds)            

Springer, New York. 2019

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201. E. Shoham, T. Prohaska, Z. Barkai, A. Zitek, Y. Benayahu

Soft corals form aragonite-precipitated columnar spiculite in mesophotic reefs

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37696-z

Scientific Reports 2019 

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202. C. S. McFadden, A. Gonzalez, R. Imada, S. S. Shi, P. Hong, M. Ekins, Y. Benayahu

Molecular operational taxonomic units reveal restricted geographic ranges and regional endemism in the Indo-Pacific octocoral family Xeniidae

DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13543

J. Biogeography 2019 

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203. E. Gutner-Hoch, R. Martins, F. Maia, T. Oliveira, M. Shpigel, M. Weis, J. Tedim, Y. Benayahu

Toxicity of engineered micro- and nanomaterials with antifouling properties of the brine shrimp Artemia salina and embryonic stages of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus

DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.05.031

Environ. Poll. 2019 (pp. 530-537)

    

204. A. M. Quattrini, T. Wu, K. Soong, M.-S. Jeng, Y. Benayahu, C. S. McFadden               

A next generation approach to species delimitation reveals the role of hybridization in a cryptic species complex of corals

DOI: 10.1186/s12862-019-1427-y

BMC Evolutionary Biology 2019 19: 116  

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205. J. D. Reimer, H. Kise1, M. E. A. Santos1 D. J. Lindsay, R. L. Pyle, J. M. Copus, B. W. Bowen, M. Nonaka, T. Higashiji, Y. Benayahu

Exploring the Biodiversity of Understudied Benthic Taxa at Mesophotic and Deeper Depths:  Examples from the Order Zoantharia (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia)

DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00305

Frontiers | Marine Science 2019 

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206. A. Halász, C. S. McFadden, R. Toonen, Y. Benayahu

Re-description of type material of Xenia Lamarck, 1816 (Octocorallia: Xeniidae)

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.2.1

Zootaxa 2019 4652 (2): 201–239

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207. M.H. Schleyer, N. J. Downey-Breedt, Y. Benayahu

Species composition of Alcyonacea (Octocorallia) on coral reefs at Europa Island and associated connectivity across the Mozambique Channel

DOI: 10.1007/s12526-019-00975-7

Marine Biodiversity 2019 

   

208. I. Freire, E. Gutner-Hoch, A. Muras, Y. Benayahu, A. Otero

The effect of bacteria on planula-larvae settlement and metamorphosis in the octocoral Rhytisma fulvum fulvum

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223214

PLOS ONE 2019 

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209. E. Nikolaivits, A. Agrafiotis, A. Termentzi, K. Machera, G. Le Goff, P. Alvarez, S. Chavanich, Y. Benayahu, J. Ouazzani, N. Fokialakis, E. Topakas

Unraveling the detoxification mechanism of 2,4-dichlorophenol by marine-derived mesophotic symbiotic fungi isolated from marine invertebrates

DOI: 10.3390/md17100564  

Marine Drugs 2019 17(10): 564

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210. G. Le Goff, P. Lopez, G. Arcile, E. Van-Elslande, P. Retailleau, J.-F. Gallard, P. Vlachou, M. Weis, Y. Benayahu, N. Fokialakis, J. Ouazzani 

Impact of the cultivation technique on the production of secondary metabolites by Chrysosporium lobatum TM-237-S5, isolated from the

sponge Acanthella cavernosa

DOI:10.3390/md17120678 

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